Jon Stewart Visits ‘Late Show,’ Calls Donald Trump ‘Exhausting’

Those of us emotionally spent after the first week and a half of Donald Trump’s presidency received the television equivalent of a warm embrace last night when Jon Stewart stopped by The Late Show to visit his old Comedy Central colleague Stephen Colbert. Just yesterday, Decider broke down the different takes various late night hosts had on Trump’s recent immigration ban, but what the after-hours talk show scene sorely needed was a visit from the familiar tag team of Stewart and Colbert.

“I thought this is how men dress now,” Stewart said while wearing an animal cap and extra long clip-on tie. “The president sets men’s fashion. I saw the inauguration. Super long tie, dead animal on head. Boom. Boom. Done.”

During Stewart’s tenure with the Daily Show, the comedian knew how to expertly blend political humor with insightful commentary and, when the situation called for it, some much needed hope. Stewart began the segment by reading a satirical list of Trump’s next set of executive orders, but it’s how he ended the bit that reminded us of just how much we miss his distinct voice on late night.

“It has been eleven days, Steven. Eleven [bleeped] days,” Stewart said after calling Trump exhausting. “The presidency is supposed to age the president, not the public.”

While it was incredibly entertaining to once again watch Stewart and Colbert’s infectious comedic energy, it was Stewart’s earnest comments near the end of his appearance that were reminiscent of his days on the Daily Show.

“We have never faced this before: purposeful, vindictive chaos. But perhaps therein lies the saving grace of my, Donald J. Trump’s, presidency. No one action will be adequate. All actions will be necessary. And if we do not allow Donald Trump to exhaust our fight and somehow come through this presidency calamity-less, and constitutionally, partially intact, then I, Donald J. Trump, will have demonstrated the greatness of America… just not the way I thought I was gonna.”